While China is approaching self-sufficiency, America’s ambitions are restrained by structural limits and Europe’s regulatory clarity is undermined by strategic ambiguity. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

In penning their national AI strategies governments are not only deciding how to regulate AI. They are also defining what AI should deliver, from economic growth to public-sector transformation. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

The stories firms, households and investors tell themselves about the economy can shape growth, investment and unemployment as much as policy or market structure. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Since it is the committees that report to the board that wield the true influence, diversity reporting should assess them too. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Fines placed on social media firms for harming customers are increasing. But they are not yet large enough to change behaviour. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Cabin crew keep us safe whilst flying. It is time to support better conditions for their future working lives. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

If green investment is defined too narrowly, businesses risk misreading where the transition is creating competitive advantage. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Digital platforms face a dilemma. Should they prioritise rapid growth or build unique features that competitors can’t easily copy? blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Commercial firms now provide social care in many countries. But does the way they operate differ depending on how they are regulated? blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Entrepreneurs in India are launching faith-tech businesses that use technology to bridge modern lives with ancient wisdom. With these business models founders are reclaiming Hindu culture and challenging the Western bias of modern capitalism. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

As Donald Trump lands in China to meet Xi Jinping, @robertfalkner.bsky.social argues that although Mr Trump’s specific world view inspired the tariff wars, their impact will be felt long after he has left the White House. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Digital dollarisation is affecting global monetary dynamics by complicating policy in vulnerable economies while creating new channels through which crypto market volatility can spill over into money markets. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Higher high-street vacancies are positively associated with support for UKIP, a right-wing anti-immigration party whose popularity peaked around the time of the Brexit referendum. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

In venture capital, evaluators’ bias means that companies run by women are overlooked and underfunded compared with those presented by men. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

In a world of rising geopolitical risk companies are looking for ways to grow internationally without making large irreversible commitments. Do Indian MNEs operating in emerging markets provide an alternative to the model followed by Western firms? blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

The transition to a low-carbon economy is usually framed as an environmental or technological challenge. But it is increasingly becoming a financial story that plays out in sovereign bond markets. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Everyone has a role to play in becoming "nature positive". But because so much environmental harm is embedded in how we produce and invest, businesses and investors hold particular responsibility and power. Watch "Becoming Nature Positive" at LSE on 6 May. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Businesses in Britain, France and Germany are embracing artificial intelligence. But most struggle to measure its impact properly. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

In countries where political competition is fierce, FDI is viewed as a vital electoral tool. At the other end of the spectrum, established autocracies encourage FDI not to please voters, but to increase the wealth they can extract for themselves. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

The story of one container of frozen food missing during its voyage from Ukraine to the UAE blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Traditional sustainable investing is struggling with reliably measuring and verifying impact. Can blockchain and tokenization technologies provide a reliable solution? blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Last year appears to have been a stellar year for auctioned art. Yet the headline numbers do not necessarily describe the market most buyers and sellers are actually experiencing. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Why has an abundance of data in healthcare not enabled better outcomes in medicine? blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Multinational firms must rewrite their strategies and re-route their supply chains to reflect the risks to international business. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Investors in India are increasingly keen on digital gold. But the country’s regulatory system does not adequately protect them. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Empathic leadership is commonly associated with better employee engagement and lower turnover. But leading with empathy can burn out even the best managers. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket allow users to trade contracts on elections, interest rates, wars, pandemics and more. More uncertainty leads to more disagreement, more trading and larger markets. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Higher energy prices are expected to shave around 0.3 percentage points off global growth. The IMF has downgraded its global growth outlook, highlighting broader downside risks from elevated energy costs and geopolitical uncertainty. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Despite unprecedented access to data, decision-making in organisations remains contested and uncomfortable. Organisations often respond by doubling down on analytics, seeking ever more refined models. But this can exacerbate the problem. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Algorithms exploit behavioural biases to capture attention while reinforcing echo chambers and misinformation. “Algorithmic resistance” is essential to safeguard user autonomy. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

More than 40 per cent of foreign-born workers in the United States now hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. Yet economists and policymakers continue to debate whether high-skill immigrants help or harm native workers. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Organisations invest heavily in feedback tools to keep workplaces fair and highlight problems early. Yet under real political pressure, these mechanisms often drift from their purpose. Instead of revealing the truth, they stabilise authority and preserve comfort. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

When corporations announce AI-driven redundancies, they capture efficiency gains for shareholders while transferring social costs to the state. But there is a deeper cost that no one is preparing to address: the loss of meaning. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Fifty years ago this year, one of the most powerful labour movements in the world adopted an audacious plan to transform the ownership structure of a capitalist economy in an electoral democracy. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

When designing AI for business the critical question is not only whether a model performs well, but how it fits into real work practices and decision structures. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Planning for retirement is one of the biggest financial commitments most people will make in their lifetimes. But our ability to do so depends on our wage, age, gender, financial literacy, location and – above all – confidence in investing. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

The economic significance of technological personalisation lies not in its capacity to customise decision pathways, but in the theoretical adjustments it demands of economic theories of the firm and of markets. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

This week the World Trade Organisation meets in Cameroon. The need for reform has long been recognised. But America’s lurch to unilateralism under Donald Trump has raised the stakes. Change will take time and commitment, both of which are in short supply. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Ask an LLM how many times the letter “r” appears in the word “strawberry”. For years, many leading models answered “two”, even when they could correctly spell the word. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Scottish banknotes offer a reminder that the co-existence of stablecoins with other monies need not be controversial. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Hype has plagued the subject of technology futures since the birth of commercial computing. Artificial intelligence is no exception. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

AI is reshaping employment in Britain through gradual restructuring rather than sudden mass displacement. But while firms benefit from efficiency gains and cost reductions, the implications for labour markets and inequality are substantial. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Mr Yang gingerly traverses the interlacing pipes on the way to a reinforced concrete column and wipes his brow: “Totally impossible! They even require us to measure the key indices for all walls and columns at the end of each procedure. What are we? Robots?” blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Feminist financial influencers promise women empowerment through financial self-help. This may sound liberating but there are hidden costs to their advice. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

The methodologies both researchers and competition authorities use to define local markets are, to put it bluntly, wrong. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Developing economies presently account for about 45% of global GDP, up from 25% in 2000. A structural shift in the global economic dynamics is quietly taking shape. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

The Strait of Hormuz is an “economic clock of war”: a short closure is an oil shock but a long closure becomes an inflation and growth shock. And while strategic oil reserves may buy time they will not make a long war economically harmless. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Iran will boycott the FIFA World Cup in America this summer. Conflict had already forced Iranian footballers to seek asylum in Australia and left T20 cricketers stranded in India. Geopolitical tensions also undermine the business of sport and sports betting. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

From submissive female virtual assistants to a CV-screening tool that downgraded female candidates, big tech has a sexism problem. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Collective discernment is an invisible asset most firms depend on but rarely govern explicitly. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...